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Give complaint to the police .The Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 2003 (COTPA 2003): In order to protect the youth and masses from the adverse harmful effects of tobacco usage and second hand smoke (SHS) and to discourage the consumption of tobacco the Govt. of India enacted the Tobacco control law titled “Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, (COTPA) 2003”. The Act is applicable to all tobacco products and extends to whole of India.  The specific provisions of the COTPA include:

1. • Prohibition of smoking in  public places (section 4)
   • Prohibition of direct and indirect advertisement of cigarette and other tobacco products(section 5)
   • Prohibition of sale of cigarette and other tobacco products to a person below the age of eighteen years [section 6(a)].
   • Prohibition of sale of tobacco products near the educational institutions.[Section 6(b)].
   • Mandatory depiction of statutory warnings (including pictorial warnings) on tobacco packs(Section 7)